Wash-board protector



(No Model.)

M. H. PARNASWORTH.

vWASH BOARD PRGTEGTOR. No. 258,904. 138.8811888811118 8. 1882.

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OHIO WOODEN WARE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

OHIO.

OF CLEVELAND,

WASH-BOARD PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION fOrmng part of Letters Patent N0. 258,904, dated June 6,1882. Application lcd October 19. 1881. (No model.)

lTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARSHALL H. FARNS- WORTH, of Brooklyn Village, inthe county of Cuyahoga and Stateof Ohio, have invented a certain new andImproved Wash-Board Protector; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

The nature of this invention relatesto wash- Io board protectors; and itconsists in connecting with an ordinary wash-board a semi-cylindrical orcurved protector, provided with rnetallic or wood ends, in which is acurved slot, through which passes into the sides a pin or r 5 stud. Theprotector rolls or slides upon this stud, and is retained in placethereby'7 when either rolled out for use or turned back into thewash-board.

This improvement is susceptible of various zo modifications withoutdeparting from the nature of the invention.

That others may more fully understand the construction and'operation ofthe said Yinvention, reference will be had to the following 2 5specification, and to the annexed drawings,

making part of the same.

Figure 1 is a plan View, showing'the protector in place in a wash-board.Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section in the direction of theline 3o x x,Fig. 1. i Fig. 3 is a view of the protector detached fromthe-wash-board.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

A is a wash-board, which may beconstructed in Jthe ordinary manner, andto which is connected the improved adjustable protector B. Thisprotector maybe of wood or sheet metal, Zinc being the preferred metal.The ends of the protector may be of metal, and nailed or 4o otherwisesecured to the wooden curved part thereof, and the metal ends maybeformed with a flange to lap over the outside of the protector. In theend pieces, C C, are curved slots a, Figs. 2, 3, through which pass pinsD into the sides E E of the wash-board, as seen in Fig. l. These pinshold the protector in position either for use or packing up fortransportation.

The protector, by means of the curved slots a a and the pins DD, may hemade to slide or be rolled out from the position indicated at c c tothat of c', Fig. 2. When'it is extended it is ready for use, and whenrolled or turned back to c o it is ready for packing, one washboard uponanother, so 'as to take up but little room, for transportation. y

Instead of the slots a being in the end piece, they may be in the sidesof the frame, the studs D -D extending from the ends of the protectorinto the said slots, which would be essentially the same as thearrangement herein shown, and preferred for the purpose designed.

The semicylindrical shape of the protector permits of its being easilyattached to the wash-board and to slide between the side pieces thereof,to adjust it to protect the person using the board, and for sliding itdown between the sides for the convenience of packing thewashboardsfortransportation. Thefprotector, when drawn out for practicaluse, presents an exterior curved surface to the person using the boardto lean upon, while the inner surface detlects andthrows back thesplashing water into the tub. v

To retain the protector in the position indicated at c for use, the edged is caused to drop or is forced into the groove c, Fig. 2, whichextends across the back piece, F, and on raising the protector it isreadily moved out of the groove, that it may be rolled back to withinthe frame of the wash-board, as indicated at c c, so that it is below orflush with it.

The rubbing-surface G ofthe board is or may be the same as in commonuse, and connected with the frame in the usual way.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1, 'A protector in combination with the upper part of a wash-board, andconnecting devices between the side pieces thereof, arrangedsubstantially as described, whereby the protector may slide between saidsides, as and forthe purposes set forth.

2. A washboard provided with a. groove or notch, e, the connectingdevices, consisting of a slot and tenon, and the protector, all incombination, and arranged to operate in the man ing packed fortransportation7 substantially as lo ner substantially as described, andfor the purset forth. pose set forth. In testimony whereof I atix mysignature 3. Inawash-bommasemi-cylindrical protectin presence of twoWitnesses. or adapted to rollor slide within the sides thereof andprovided with ends having curved slots MARSHALL u' FARNSWORTH' thereinand pins extending from the said sides I Witnesses: into the slots,respectively, whereby the pro- J. H. BURRIDGE, tect'or is retained inposition for use or for be- F. X. BYERLEY.

